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Keig Named Director of Fleet Maintenance for Brink&#39;s US

September 4, 2007

COPPELL, TEXAS- J.J. Keig, CAFM, has been named director of fleet maintenance for Brink’s US in Coppell, Texas. He is responsible for the maintenance of a fleet of 2,400 vehicles, of which approximately 95 percent are medium-duty armored trucks, assigned to more than 150 locations around the country. Prior to this, Keig was manager of fleet operations for Rent-A-Center in Plano, Texas. Earlier, Rent-A-Center acquired Rentway, where Keig was the long-time fleet manager in Erie, Pa.

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